Ecophysiology of seed germination in Erythronium japonicum (Liliaceae) with underdeveloped embryos

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1779-1784

  Kondo, Tetsuya ^a   Okubo, Nori ^a   Miura, Taku ^a   Honda, Kazushige ^b   Ishikawa, Yukio ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Embryo elongation; Erythronium japonicum; Seed germination; Seedling emergence; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; GERMINATION; TEMPERATURE;

FAR EAST;

ERYTHRONIUM; ERYTHRONIUM JAPONICUM; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036862320     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.11.1779     Document Type: Article

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